Chapter 1044 A Day in Bianliang

At dawn the next day, the morning in Bianliang began.

When the morning light was still flashing on Bianliang's face, the first sound that appeared was the tapping of iron signs. There was a faint sound, and the endless sound of iron card striking was accompanied by a loud prayer as it walked through the alley: "Pudu sentient beings, save the suffering, the Buddhas bless, peace and auspiciousness——"

The aftermath of this shout was long and loud. In the dawn of Bianliang, a head from the temple, holding an iron sign in one hand and tapping with a tool in the other, slowly walked through the gate of the courtyard where Su Shi was, shouting all the way to the depths of the workshop with the voice of chanting Buddha that they practiced on weekdays.

"The time has come, and the morning light is faint. The sky is cloudy, and you can travel and dress up. The daily chart is early, and the future is bright......"

Zhao Xing was awakened by the cry of iron pieces, he lay on the bed, and wondered: "The sky is cloudy, travel and clothes" - this is the weather forecast! For the record, weather forecasts should have been introduced from the West in the "post-Qing era". Moreover, the weather forecast cares about people's clothing and travel, isn't this the clothing index and so on? It should have been introduced from foreign countries at the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, so why did we have it in the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Xing is one of the few people who have been to a foreign country in this era, and others don't know that he knows - there is no such "people-oriented" meteorological concept in the West in this era, but ...... Why, no one has ever mentioned that the Song Dynasty surpassed its contemporaries so much, and why our descendants were "poor and weak"......

Zhao Xing didn't know that when Lu You was rushing to take the exam, he also listened to the sound of the iron plate in the morning, and he wrote a poem: "The fifth watch doesn't need the Yuan Rong newspaper, and the piece of iron Zheng Zheng is from the door." ”

Su Dongpo got up in the morning as usual, practiced zazen (called "yoga" in modern times), combed his hair a hundred times, and then put on official clothes and boots, and then lay down for a nap. For this kind of life, Su Shi often said: The beauty of napping is incomparable......

Then, when it was time to go out to the court, he was already neatly dressed, so he went out and took a sedan chair to Donghua Gate.

Today, however, he didn't take a nap. Mrs. Wang, who had never bothered him, stood beside him after he finished combing his hair, and when he wanted to speak, Su Shi squinted his eyes for a while, opened his eyes and asked, "But it's a matter of leaving people?" ”

There was also Qin Guan who stayed here with Su Shi that day, but Su Shi guessed Zhao Xing as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Exactly! Liren didn't stay with Azhu last night, and the woman who came with her had been in and out of Liren's room, but she didn't stay long. Official, you see, Ah Zhu has taken care of Dun'er for so long, it is reasonable, we can't let her be wronged, official, do you ask if you leave someone? ”

This is someone else's housework, and Mrs. Wang shouldn't have taken care of it, but Azhu has taken care of Su Dun for a few years, and no matter how she says it, it will also be useful to the Su family, so Mrs. Wang wants to intervene.

Su Shi stood up and said as he walked out, "Won't it?" I saw Azhu yesterday with joy on his face...... How so? I'll ask. ”

Su Shi went to Zhao Xing's room and pounced, this one had already gotten up, and was leading the Xiao brothers and Jin Buji to dance a strange dance in the courtyard, there was also Chen Gongchuan in the team, Chen Buqun had been taken away by his father, only this clumsy student who followed the team, and the servants in the courtyard surrounded a bunch of them, watching Zhao Xing and them dance from a distance.

Su Shi frowned, ready to reproach Zhao Xing for being distracted, but suddenly found that Zhao Xing's movements were a little familiar, it seemed to be some kicking movements, and after a moment of thought, he understood - this is the legendary "Tang Hand Dance", which is all fighting tricks.

Zhao Xing danced very seriously, every move and style was done with all his might, and he looked murderous between steps...... However, this kind of dance has a sense of stunning beauty, full of might, and the maids and servants in the courtyard snickered and secretly commented on who was more heroic, which made Chen Gongchuan very bad, and the movements were awkward and stiff.

Su Shi stood by and watched, and when Zhao Xing finished this set of punches, he saw Su Dongpo and ran over to say hello.

In the morning of late winter, the sky was cloudy, Zhao Xing did not wear a hat, his hair was only pinned with a hairpin, and his whole body was steaming, looking vigorous, Su Dongpo looked at the people in the courtyard, and after they quietly dispersed, he beckoned to Zhao Xing and asked in a low voice: "I heard that you slept alone last night - who is the little lady who came with you?" ”

Zhao Xing was stunned for a moment, but immediately reminisced, he shrugged his shoulders, and said calmly: "That little lady is Chen Gongchuan's sister Chen Yiyi, the county lord of Guangyuan in Yueguo...... As for me and Azhu, don't worry, teacher.

Ah Zhu and I were only 15 years old when we got married, so we were too young to grow our bodies. The teacher also knows that I know a little about medicine, and it is too difficult for a woman to get married at such an age. So, I made an agreement with Ah Zhu to wait until she was 18 years old before we had sex together.

She will turn 18 in May this year, and I plan to marry her after the spring season. I came to Beijing this time to bring her to make me happy...... Thank you for the teacher's concern, we are very good, she has guarded my home for three years, and I know I owe her. Rest assured, I am not an ignorant person. ”

Got it - in fact, Zhao Xing came to Beijing for his honeymoon this time, but at that time, the honeymoon custom had not yet been introduced to China, so he replaced it with "happy". Where did Ah Zhu enjoy this kind of honeymoon tenderness, she had never heard of it, so she was like a little girl in her first love, overflowing with happiness and joy.

Zhao Xing said very calmly, but it made Su Shi a little embarrassed, especially when it involved the secret of the couple's intercourse, he quickly pretended to be in a hurry, nodded hurriedly, and shouted to the court.

The Baijia Lane where Su Shi lives can actually be called "Baiguan Lane", it is in the inner city, very close to the Donghua Gate of the Imperial Palace, so Baiguan likes to live in this block, because it is convenient to go to the court - if you put it now, this block is the so-called "noble residence".

Su Shi went out, merged into the flow of people from the hundreds of officials to the court, and walked towards Donghua Gate. At this time, the streets were full of sedan chairs, and occasionally a few officials riding donkeys.

Since the northern horse grazing bases were occupied by the Hu people, the Song people had very few horses. In the beginning, all officials used ox carts to travel, and later the sedan chair was invented, which became a means of transportation for administrative-level officials such as governors.

But then, more and more people sat in sedan chairs. Emperor Shenzong repeatedly issued decrees prohibiting officials below the governor level from riding in sedan chairs, but he had to turn a blind eye after repeated bans. In the Southern Song Dynasty, the right of officials to sit in a sedan chair was simply recognized in the form of law, and the rank of the sedan chair was stipulated. Subsequently, the sedan chair officially became a means of transportation for officials, so much so that later cars were called "sedans".

In these days, horses are hard to come by, riding a mule to the court, just like a modern person who drives a BMW to commute to work, as for horse riding, if the horse is more beautiful, it is simply Martin? Luxury car in the Ston class. Therefore, without taking a sedan chair, there are only two ways to solve it, one is to ride a donkey, and the other is to run.

If you run to the court, you will be impeached by the imperial history, saying that the official has lost his official body. So running to the court needs to be in the dark, and by the time Yushi comes, you are already standing outside the Donghua Gate and gasping for breath.

Although Su Shi is rich now, he is not rich enough to buy Martin? Stone's level, besides, this kind of limited edition "sports car", you can't buy it even if you have money, so he can only sit in a sedan chair.

According to the regulations, as an official of the Imperial Edict, he needs to stay in the palace every other day, and yesterday he was at home, which means that he has to stay in the palace all day today. In this way, after Xiao Shi Gao Yanshi sent Su Shi to the court, it would be fine. He went home and finished sorting out Su Shi's copywriting, and the time was only around eight o'clock.

With nothing to do, Gao Yanshi planned to go to the backyard for a walk, and when he walked into the yard, Zhao Xing was still exercising, but the content of the exercise had been changed, and it was replaced by archery. So far, the great talent of Qin Guan and Qin, who lives with him, is still nowhere to be seen.

Others pay attention to the accuracy of archery, but Zhao Xing doesn't seem to pay attention to these, he picked up the bow, shot thirty arrows in one breath, panting tiredly, and then handed the bow to the Xiao brothers, and stood aside to pant.

Gao Yanshi paid attention to it and found that although the accuracy of Zhao Xing's arrow shooting was not high, the arrows and branches of the arrows shot were all poked on the arrow target, and there was no missing target.

The arrow target is a straw mat that is erected, and the Xiao brothers' method of archery seems to be different from Zhao Xing's, they hold the bow flat, and the rate of fire is not fast, but the arrows shot out, the arrow shafts are all lined up near the bull's-eye.

The Xiao brothers shot slowly, and there were a bunch of people behind them who kept urging. Gao Yanshi shook his head, and smiled a little secretly in his heart: stingy. Although the bow in Zhao Xing's hand is of very good quality, according to the other party's net worth, he will not be able to afford a second bow. Why is everyone turning a bow?

Actually, it's not a question of being able to afford it, it's that Zhao Xing doesn't dare to take out more bows.

According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, a county with a population of 20,000 had only fifteen foot archers in the armed force. Although this also shows that the Song people were very law-abiding, and most places in the Song Dynasty were outrageously safe, at the same time, the Song Dynasty also limited the number of weapons held by private individuals.

The armed forces of a county have only fifteen archers, and if you have more than five bows in your home, it is worth one-third of the armed forces of the county, which is "misconspiracy". If Zhao Xing and the others really opened their luggage and took out all the bows and arrows they carried - so many archers appeared in Su Shi's courtyard, Su Shi would be a "dead man"......

Therefore, they could only use a common bow to practice archery, which made the exercise time extremely long, so that several women waiting to go shopping next to them were already impatient, so Ah Zhu took out a spherical object and played with Su Dun.

Su Dun seems to play this game often, he wears very thick, and Ah Zhu raises him very fat, the chubby figure chases the rattan ball, or kicks with his feet, or uses his butt to top, or throws with his hands, running sweaty and laughing constantly, so that Chaoyun next to him is pleased, and Su Yu and Su Guo are envious.

Among several people, only Chen Yiyi was more outstanding, the rattan ball flew up and down like a shuttlecock on her feet, her pomegranate skirt was flying, and her feet fluttered like butterflies, causing the women to applaud.

After a while, Zhao Xing finished his morning exercise and beckoned everyone to go back to the room to wipe their sweat. Some of the clothes were dirty and needed to be changed, and the women were so anxious that they didn't bother to clean up the rattan balls on the ground.

The rattan ball stopped alone in the courtyard, Gao Yanshi slowly walked to the rattan ball, his eyes swept around, and found that no one was paying attention, and with one foot, the rattan ball flew on his shoulder; Then he shook his body, and the ball went up to the top of his forehead again; Weiyi lowered his head, the ball gently floated down and bounced off the ground, and was picked up by her feet, and he kicked three times in the air in a row, but the ball did not land.

"Good!" A cheer sounded behind him, Zhao Xing held Chen Azhu's hand, the Chen brothers and sisters stood behind him, Zhao Xing looked at Gao Yanshi, and asked thoughtfully: "Your name is Gao Yanshi?" Have you started a family? Who is the father? Where are the brothers? ”

Zhao Xing was checking the household registration in the Song Dynasty, and the difference between the identities of the two was very large, Gao Yanshi didn't dare not say it, he replied: "My father Gao Dunfu; The brother's name is Gao Shen and Gao Jie (this word is cold, and now he is more 'Jie'), and there is also a brother Gao Liang in the family. Men and women have never had families. ”

"Gao Shen? Gao Jie? Gao Liang (pronounced jing)? The smile on Zhao Xing's face was even stronger: "Then you should have another name—the name next to the person, right?" ”

Gao Yanshi's attitude was a little twisted: "The little milk name Yanshi still has a name called Gao Yu." ”

"Oh!" Zhao Xing nodded as usual, and bowed to Gao Yu as usual: "Master Yan is fortunate...... I came in a hurry, and I didn't have anything, so I went back and asked the butler to give you a gift, and you went back to honor your father. ”

Without waiting for Gao Yu to thank him, Zhao Xing hurriedly turned around and led several companions out of the mansion. Although he is calm on the surface, he is overturned in his heart.

This is Gao Yu, this is the wicked man in "Water Margin", the prodigal son Gao Yu, Gao Taiwei.

Between the steps, he vaguely remembered that in "Water Margin", it was said that Gao Yu was the scholar of Xiao Su, "Cao Za Pogong", and was recommended by Xiao Su to Xiao Wang's concubine, and then entered Duanwang's Mansion by chance. And this Duanwang is the later Song Huizong - Song Huizong, the king of the dead country.

Zhao Xing is a historical blind, he has no impression of what era Shenzong and Zhezong belong to, but he is deeply impressed by what kind of person Song Huizong is, Yue Fei's Jingkang shame is not to say "the second emperor was captured", since Gao Yu appeared, this shows that he will also suffer a death in his lifetime.

Twenty-four histories, twenty-four histories of the fallen country.

In China, the loss of the country is a very common phenomenon and is very common...... But to experience the pain of losing the country is really unbearable.

What can I do for this age?

I can't even protect my own balsam factory, what can I protect?

Thinking of Gao Yu, Zhao Xing couldn't help but think back to history, is the history I saw real history?

Yan Shi - Yan Shi, Gao Yu must have had a strict master when he was a child. Who is Su Dongpo, the first of the four major calligraphers of the Northern Song Dynasty, he can look at Xiao Shi Gao Yu, and even "Water Margin" admits that Gao Yu's calligraphy is excellent - "Cao Za Pogong". So, does Gao Yu have time to be "stubborn"?

Others have never practiced calligraphy, but Zhao Xing has practiced. He knew that in order to write well with a brush, it was a meticulous job, and it would take years of uninterrupted practice to develop the style. And what really to write is so admirable that you can't do it without a few vats of ink.

Not to mention the Song Dynasty, it is modern, people who write well with brushes, who are people who like to fight and make trouble by nature, not much, as long as there is an example, Zhao Xing is convinced: fighting and making trouble can also practice good brush words.

At this moment, it was ten o'clock in the morning, Baijiaxiang was completely active, and those officials who were not on duty were leisurely strolling around the street with their wives and children. This is the inner city, the palace is in front of you, the noise seems to be very modest, it seems that it is not as good as Quanzhou. However, Bianliang's "cry" was more gentle.

On both sides of the street, the cries of the singers are accompanied by the beating of water dishes. Half a plate of water is in a saucer, and they use bamboo branches or chopsticks in their hands to tap the edge of the dish to make a crisp sound, and then they use a soft and cowardly singing voice to pour out the benefits of the goods to you.

The group passed through a few jewelry stores, Ah Zhu didn't buy anything, but Chen Yiyi didn't have the slightest consciousness of saving money for Zhao Xing, she loved everything she saw, and after a while, the Xiao brothers had a lot of packages in their hands.

Accompanying everyone to go shopping is Chaoyun, although she is Su Shi's concubine, but the Song Dynasty is a patriarchal society with strict hierarchies, even if she is grateful to Cheng Azhu for taking care of Dun'er, but Cheng Azhu is a wife, she can only be one step behind and walk with Chen Yiyi. Seeing that the Xiao brothers were holding gift boxes in their hands, she whispered: "Yiyi, why do you let them hold it, in fact, you just need to tell the address of the store, and the shop will deliver the goods to the residence......"

Chen Yiyi looked at the backs of Zhao Xing and Cheng Azhu who were walking in front with a face full of jealousy, and whispered: "No, how many things I have done for him, you don't know, he is overseas, everything is sent to me, and the back is all my business...... I'm just letting him know now that I'm here and that I'm there for him. ”

Zhao Xing, who was resented, did not have this consciousness at this time, he took Cheng Azhu's hand and walked in front of everyone, Cheng Azhu was silent, but her face was like painted with oil paint, blooming with the most beautiful youth. There was only Zhao Xing in her eyes, and even the bustling scenery of Tokyo on the side of the road could not attract her attention.

They "hold hands" - yes! If someone in modern times said that men and women in the Song Dynasty held hands and went to the street, Zhao Xing must have spat at each other's faces, however, in the Song Dynasty, he realized that the history he saw was a "revised" history.

This is an era of "willow tops on the moon, people about after dusk"; This is an era of "never regretting the gradual widening of the belt, and making people haggard for Iraq"; This is an era of "coquettishness is not afraid of guessing, and sleeping in clothes is in people's arms"; This is an era of "Mo Dao does not lose his soul, the curtain is swept by the west wind, and people are thinner than yellow flowers".

In this era, there are more than one pair of lovers holding hands on the street. It is said that Su Shi's notes recorded: When he did not stay in the palace, he also took his wife's hand and went shopping. The 50-year-old man took his wife by the hand and sometimes walked along Nanmen Street, visiting the famous Tang family jewelry store, picking up a few pieces of Wenzhou lacquerware, or buying some fine herbs at the pharmacy on Baocisi Street. Sometimes I return from a tired tour and eat at the "terrace",

The old husband and wife walking hand in hand are also shocking in modern times, and in the Song Dynasty it was just ordinary - ordinary romance can't be said, just life.

Su Shi's house is adjacent to three jewelry stores, and after these three jewelry stores are silk shops. However, it is a porcelain shop. And then there's the restaurant.

There was a row of kabuki sitting under the porch of the restaurant, and from time to time a guy in the shop summoned one of them to a private room to sing for someone. These kabuki costumes resemble those of modern Japanese kaisha, with their faces painted pink and white with lime – a decoration only found in high-class kabuki, called "red makeup and whitewash". Pink refers to the white and pink applied to the face, and red makeup refers to the blush and the pair of red lips.

Low-level kabuki, on the other hand, don't need makeup, and usually they play in their true colors.

The erhu of the Song Dynasty had just flowed into the Central Plains, and was called "Xi Qin", which means the qin used by the Khitan side branch and the Kumo Xi people. After the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, the court musicians were scattered among the people, which turned the erhu into a national musical instrument. Therefore, the Song people sang in taverns with little accompaniment, and occasionally, they beat water dishes or wooden drums, and it was rare to play the pipa (Persian pipa).

Chaoyun was also a courtesan, but her current identity was there, and when she saw the kabuki sitting around, she lowered her eyes, and Cheng Azhu was from the countryside, and Chen Yiyi was from a foreign country, they had never seen such a woman dressed in bright makeup, so they stopped and looked curiously.

Cheng Azhu first came to her senses and understood the identity of these women, she blushed and pulled Zhao Xing forward. Chen Yiyi was reluctant to give up, and did not take a step until Chaoyun urged.

Walking past the restaurant, Chaoyun recalled what Chen Yiyi had just said, and asked quietly: "I heard that they are about to round the house, and now it is also a good honey oil blend, how can you ......?"

Chaoyun's words stopped abruptly, and Chen Yiyi took over the conversation hatefully: "Do you know...... I am the county lord of Guangyuan in Dayue Kingdom, and I can't get a concubine or maidservant, and a village girl who can't read big characters is actually his wife. ”

"Lord Guangyuan!" Chaoyun covered his mouth in surprise.

At this time, Chen Gongchuan, who was following them, had already heard Yiyi's complaints, and hurriedly interjected: "The widows of a small country, thanks to the **** gift, can survive, what kind of county lord to talk about." Yiyi, Hugh is presumptuous. Getting married and not leaving the house is the most respectable place to leave a brother. ”

Zhao Xing had already heard the quarrel behind him, he turned his face, only then did he realize that he had forgotten his feelings for a while, and actually walked in front of Chaoyun, he hurriedly turned sideways and asked Chaoyun to go first.

Chaoyun saw that although Chen Yiyi gritted her teeth at Zhao Xing's back, when Zhao Xing's eyes turned to her, her face also bloomed with a happy expression, and she showed Zhao Xing a prepared smile, smiling like a mountain of flowers.

What kind of hatred is this? This is clearly not loved.

Chaoyun's status can deeply appreciate the difference in that kind of care.

Gifts, tokens, maybe this woman is not willing to be left out in the cold, so she wants to try her best to attract the attention of the other party.

This morning's situation, Mrs. Wang, who was hiding behind the screen, had quietly told Chaoyun. For Chaoyun, who gave birth to Su Dun at the age of fourteen, she couldn't imagine Zhao Xing's perseverance, and even thought that it was simply hard-hearted - she couldn't bear the torment, so she went overseas, leaving her lover alone in the empty house, and parting for three years.

No matter how Chen Yiyi said it, he was also the lord of a country, how could he be infatuated with such a hard-hearted person? What is the idea of leaving people?

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